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iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETFClose $80.35EOD only

Max Pain

$80.00

Next expiry Apr 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$0.12

0.1% from close

Price Gap

-0.35

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

100

High premium

P/C OI

4.79

Slightly put-heavy

Consensus

6.5/10

Consensus signal

Published snapshot: Apr 16, 2026 close

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Published Snapshot

Apr 16, 2026 close

HYG Flow Report

Analysis based on market close April 17, 2026

Directional Theta Gang Flow Earnings Consensus

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Flow Verdict

Confidence:

7 / 10

base 5; -1 GEX/flow contradict; +1 GEX positive (pinning); +1 spot 0.8% from MP; +1 VIX 17

Watch next session: Spot vs MP and moves toward/above 79–84 strikes; Changes in put OI around 75–70 Sep cluster; New large call prints or reversal in net premium; VIX and volume spikes

Flow Summary

Net premium: -$27.4M bearish

P/C volume ratio: 3.12

P/C OI ratio: 4.82

Pinned gamma with dominant bearish directional flow: heavy short-dated and long-dated put accumulation concentrated near 75–70 strikes, high PCR/PC OI, negative premium—watch for MP breach or call buying to invalidate.

Notable Prints

HYG 2026-09-18 $70.00 Put

Vol: 40,001

OI: 431

Vol/OI: 92.8x

IV: 28.6%

Notional: ~$1.4M

Intent: Deep protection or speculative tail put buy

Dual read: Cheap long-tail gamma vs large sell-to-open

Read-through: High vol/oi indicates one-off block; tail risk focus

HYG 2026-05-01 $80.00 Put

Vol: 7,012

OI: 516

Vol/OI: 13.6x

IV: 11.9%

Notional: ~$112K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

HYG 2026-07-17 $79.00 Call

Vol: 2,227

OI: 731

Vol/OI: 3.0x

IV: 8.0%

Notional: ~$220K

Intent: Call buying or hedged short exposure

Dual read: Rotation into calls vs hedged reversal trades

Read-through: Notable call demand but smaller than put flow

HYG 2026-09-18 $75.00 Put

Vol: 80,054

OI: 35,599

Vol/OI: 2.2x

IV: 21.0%

Notional: ~$4.6M

Intent: Large institutional downside hedge or block long puts

Dual read: Sell-side liquidity provision vs directional buy

Read-through: Concentrated puts near gamma flip; amplifies pinning/bearish flow

HYG 2026-11-20 $82.00 Put

Vol: 396

OI: 180

Vol/OI: 2.2x

IV: 19.4%

Notional: ~$164K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Some call buying (notable 79 Jul OI) but modest relative to puts

Put additions: Large put accumulation around 75 Sep (35.6k OI) and 80–84 series into later expiries — consistent with protective hedges or collar structures; directional shorts also possible but not confirmed

GEX/DEX consistency: Mixed: market GEX is strongly positive (dampens realized vol/downside pinning), while DEX shows net buy interest—this counteracts but does not eliminate downside pressure from put concentration, raising uncertainty

OI clusters: OI concentrated in 75–84 strikes (peak 75 Sep); estimated gamma flip near ~79 from put cluster

Hedging evidence: Structure and tenor of puts imply institutions are layering protective hedges/collars rather than unambiguously naked bearish exposure

Max pain context: Spot near calculated max pain; put cluster suggests pinning risk into mid‑70s–low‑80s but positive GEX makes the path to pinning less certain

Signal vs Noise

~Signal: Very large 75 Sep put OI (35.6k) indicates institutional protective hedging or directional bearish conviction as one hypothesis

~Signal: High put/call OI ratio and negative net premium support skewed demand for downside protection

~Noise: 70 Sep sweep had big volume but low lasting OI—likely a trade/sweep, not a sustained position

~Noise: 79 Jul call activity is small vs put book and may be hedging or yield enhancement

Key Conclusions

⚠️Institutions appear to favor protective hedges/collars concentrated around 75–84; directional bearishness is a plausible but unconfirmed interpretation

🔁Large positive GEX can blunt downward moves and increases uncertainty about pinning despite heavy put OI—expect mixed dynamics

Read the Flow analysis for HYG for 2026-04-17. Each report is a market-close snapshot with regime read, key levels, and strategy context that translates options positioning into an actionable setup.